Pest Management Professional, March 2012

BED BUG Technical Supplement Tiny pests BIG business Bed bug survey shows arsenal needed to knock out these cryptic bloodsuckers By Marty Whitford Editorial Director Publisher W ant to benchmark your bed bug management sales Look at the top infographic on the adjacent page and youll see 30 percent of our 233 responding pest management professionals PMPs report their companies derived 10 percent or more of their sales from bed bug work in 2011 Other trends identified in our Bed Bug Technical Survey include 91 percent spray insecticides as part of their bed bug management programs 61 percent use sticky traps 61 percent use vacuums 51 percent use exclusion devices 38 percent use steamers and 31 percent use heat systems We hope you enjoy the first installment of our quarterly Bed Bug Management Supplements This inaugural special section comprises Other key findings from our 2012 Bed Bug Technical Survey Bulletins on related control innovations A feature on using vacuums to control bed bugs Bed bug management dos and donts Heat treatment tips and Updates on everything from fecal stains and bed isolation techniques to bed bug wings and preening PMP Did You Know Bed bugs have been around for thousands of years Their population was controlled in the 1950s with the widespread use of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane DDT which has since been banned Bed bugs havent been known to transmit diseases but some people reportedly up to 70 percent of individuals have allergic like reactions to their bites Female bed bugs lay approximately five eggs per day and more than 500 in their lifetimes One bed bug can become thousands in a matter of months if able to reproduce and left untreated Source Albany Pest Control www catseyepest com S2 March 2012 Pest Management Professional mypmp net

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